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Going-to-the-Sun Road: A Model of Landscape Engineering (95) Lesson PlanGoing-to-the-Sun Road: A Model of Landscape Engineering (95) Lesson Plan
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Young thinkers identify the problems encountered in designing and building Going-to-the-Sun Road through Glacier National Park. They describe, introduce, and evaluate arguments for building roads to provide access to the park and other backcountry and wilderness regions.

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5th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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